Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-29

riot; Of Sherman, the hero OF the marcel
o the sea; of Mcdowell, one Of the tru
est and ablcst OF all our generals, AMI
Slocum and Logan, McClernand, Shi Ids
Steedman and Blair, and scores o others
their equals, who often led our armies tc
battle. Had it not been for the services
in the cause OF the south of those two
hundred officers Of the army OF the
United States, transformed by the act oi
President Lincoln into confederate oil.
GERS, the confederacy would have been
crushed like an egg-shell in the INST
shock Of the contending armies. At Bull
Run, the first great battle of the civil
war; the confederates were marshale |
and led by Joe Johnston, and Bsaure-
gard, and Stonewall Jackson, and bee
and Kirby Smith and others, who hl
held commissions in the regular army OF
the United States
Had those officers been placed under
arrest when their designations were tend
cred, the arrests would have been re-
spected. And even had they been
broken, and had the arrested officers
| gone over to the enemies, the act would
have been desertion, punishable accord
ing to the laws Of war. But the arrest
would not have been broken, and the
confederacy would have been left with
out officers capable of organizing and
commanding armies.
The mistake of President Lincoln was
without a parallel in history, but for all
that Mr.. Lincoln was a great man; no
one doubts that his intention was patri-
otic.
At Apqomatox, in spirit of splendid
generosity, Grant would not take the
sword OF Lee, which woull have been
as proud trophy as all the flags taken
on the battlefield. But Grant did not
stop there. He never did anything by
halves. He gave back to the confeier-
atcs, after tn, surrender of Lee, their
artillery, cavalry and quarter-lnaster
hors1s They were our property by the
Ia S OF war, ,ut Grant gave them back
to tlle mcn who an hour before stood ar
rye in arms against the sovereignty of
he Il p,l,l !; and to this hour no man
ia uttered word of censure against
IN .,r "a :lct, and the clvilize world
p AN Il his wise and generous con-
e. y id Ii rlnan, not 20 be o ltdone
4, t"a,t, Went several bow slIJts iurth r
= II f.,dt ever dreameI o. lie signed
mrynlion with Joe JonnStoa said to
=. arawn by Jo,n Z. l5r wien-
.n.l RIA it WIS stipu,..tel III 1t the
Goa derates un .cr Johnston
tl,' i, owel to mar,n hick to their
a - safe capitals witn Il t;5 lying
eating; their agns to bs de-
4 il "a II ST. te arSenls
n. .t of Ge leral mar mn WIS
'"'., ~ President l. n,:J.n II the
nl surrender "a Julns. AS
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royalty OF Sh .ttn IN, ,r,.ia,3
IL (, AM to tlaF il, IS on. of
,.. ..--... .4,orites OF th1 pablo.
THE PENSIONS.
ef""thnr charged that President
,c,oe a general pension act.
a. Ii so did Presl len: Grant
general pension act. IN men
ia all this clamor against Cleve-
land, were silent when Grant did the
same th'n'. The only difference being
a. ~ II Mio RAISED the clllnor against
~ ~, VINO is Democrat.
In Ate those who seem to believe
tina, The National Treasury is a sort of
Aladuln's lamp, and that the President
is in possession of Aladdin's magic ring,
which 1t is only necessary to rub against
the lamp to cause streams OF money to
flow from theDtreasury into the pock t.
of those who will take the trouble
hold their pockets open wide enough
let the dollars pour in. But, after all,
every well has its bot I'm, and when it is
reached the well is dry. And it may
not be amiss to remember that every dol
lar in the treasury has been collected
from the people in the way OF taxes, and
this fact is not wholly unworthy of con-
sideration.
am in favor of giving liberal pensions
to the men who put in jeopardy health,
limb and life to maintain the integrity
and glory of our country. But would it
not be wise to give the country chance
to,live also ?
Grant and Cleveland each vetoed
general pension law and each did what
he believed to be his duty. Grant has
gone, but Cleveland stands at the helm
OF the ship of state, and it is safe under
his guidance. He is as brave and true
as Andrew Jackson, and as the people
stood by Jackson, so should they stand
by Grover Cleveland.
1t has even been charged that the
President is not friend of the soldiers.
Not friend of the soldiers! aver, and
will prove, that Grover Cleveland hls
done more for the soldiers than any other
President since the close of the Civil
War.
This paper, which you see in my
hand, is a carefully prepared statement
made from the public records by the
Honorable G. H. Rarger, u 5. Pension
Ase--t ior OLio, and the facts am ABOUT
to state are furnished by him.
During the twelve years of the admin
strationss of Grant and Hayes, in. which
period the Republicans controlled both
Houses OF Congress for eight years those
two presidents approved 736 special pen
sion acts; while Cleveland in only two
years the lower HOUSE Democratic
proved 1853 special pension acts, or III
more than Grant and Hayes approved in
twelve years.
Again, during the last two years of Re-
publican administration, under President
Arthur, 1884 pension certificates, of all
kinds, were issued; but in two years of
President Cleveland's administration
268,697 pension certificates were issued,
or more than twice as many as had heen
issued under Republican rule in the
same period of time.
When Mr.. Barger took charge sof the
United States Pension A gency for Ohio,
in August, 1885, there were 31,5O0 pen
sioners in this agency, but under Demo
cratic rule the number has increased to
$4,000 by August. 1887, being an increase
of 5000 in two years. ss
DurinU the wear ending lime ~ 1899